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22 Sep 16 - 08:52 AM (#3810838) Subject: Eightsome Reel choices From: Will Fly We were rehearsing the tunes we play for the Eightsome Reel last night. There are not only many, many tunes to choose for the set but several ways of parcelling out the A and B parts. I'm curious as to the choices that other players make - hence the title of this thread. We do: Devil Among The Tailors (AA BBB) = 40 bars Soldier's Joy (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Fairy Dance (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Staten Island (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Morpeth Rant (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Speed The Plough (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Spoot O' Skerry (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Miss McLeod's (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Soldier's Joy (A BB ) x 2 = 48 bars Devil Among The Tailors (AA BBB) = 40 bars We experimented with the 48 bar sequences by playing (as some other bands do) with AB AB AB - and then AAA BBB - but the double A BB sequences seemed to stick in the brain more easily! |
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22 Sep 16 - 09:27 AM (#3810840) Subject: RE: Eightsome Reel choices From: Vic Smith SUSSEX PISTOLS' sequence for Eightsome Reel :- EIGHTSOME REEL Intro – The Fairy Dance (in D) played ABABB First Woman – Jenny Lind Polka played AABBAB Second Woman – The Girl With The Blue Dress on played AABBAB Third Woman – Paddy Breen's Favourite played AABBAB Fourth Woman – All The Way To Galway played AABBAB First Man – A Trip To Brighton played AABBAB Second Man – Brighton Camp played AABBAB Third Man – Birds In the Wilderness played AABBAB Fourth Man – La Russe played AABBAB Outro – The Fairy Dance (in D) played ABABB |
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22 Sep 16 - 09:33 AM (#3810843) Subject: RE: Eightsome Reel choices From: Will Fly Many thanks Vic - yet more interesting variations on the 40 and 48 bar sequences. |
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22 Sep 16 - 07:45 PM (#3810945) Subject: RE: Eightsome Reel choices From: Tattie Bogle We have 3 Eightsome Reel sets in one band I play in, and use the same system of repeats as Vic's. FWIW, someone told me the AABBAB sequence fits the pattern of the dance better.....? In the other one, we tend to do ABABAB for the tunes between the beginning and end tunes. Set 1: De'il Amang the Tailors in A - AABBB Wind that Shakes the Barley in D x 3 Mrs Macleod of Raasay in A - AABBAB Flowers of Edinburgh in G - AABBAB Lass O' Patie's Mill in D - AABBAB East Neuk of Fife in G - AABBAB Bottom of the Punchbowl in D - AABBAB New High Level in G - AABBAB Soldier's Joy in D - AABBAB De'il Amang the Tailors - AABBB Set 2: Duke of Perth in G - AABBB Lass O' Patie's Mill in D - AABBAB I'll Gang Nae Mair Tae Yon Toon in A - AABBAB Barren Rocks of Aden in D - AABBAB Rakes of Mallow in A modal - AABBAB (modal to accommodate our former piper!) Teribus in D - AABBAB Davy Nick Nack in G- AABBAB Deveron in D - AABBAB Willafjord in D - AABBAB Duke of Perth in G - AABBB Set 3: Kate Dalrymple in A - AABBB Reel of Tullochgorum (aka Jamie Allan) in A - AABBAB Drunken Piper in Am - AABBAB Old Grey Cat in Em - AABBAB Fairy Dance in D x 3 Dornoch Links in A - AABBAB Barrowburn Reel in D - AABBAB Walking on the Moon in A - AABBAB Staten Island in D - AABBAB Kate Dalrymple in A - AABBB Other band set: Soldier's Joy in D - AABBB Peat Fire Flame in Em - ABABAB East Neuk of Fife in G - ABABAB White Cockade in D - ABABAB Dornoch Links in A - ABABAB New High Level in G - ABABAB Lass o' Patie's Mill in D - ABABAB Jessie's Hornpipe (aka The Ton) in G - ABABAB Breakdown in A - ABABAB Soldier's Joy in D - AABBB |